50 minutes ago The Guardian view on Germany’s snap election: playing for the highest of stakes | Editorial

February’s election is shaping up to be one of the most consequential since the second world warIn the German city of Karlsruhe, a police investigation has just been launched into the distribution of 30,000 flyers designed to resemble deportation plane tickets, many of which were placed in the letterboxes of immigrants. Organised by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party (AfD), the stunt recalled a similar malicious exercise by the neo-Nazi National Democratic party (NDP) in 2013. The difference is that while the NDP – now renamed the Homeland – is a fringe movement that has never crossed the 5% threshold of votes necessary to enter the Bundestag, the AfD is now running second in polls, at about 21%.The booming popularity of a xenophobic party officially suspected of anti-constitutional extremism is just the starkest signal of how much is at stake in next month’s snap election in Germany. A national poll in Europe’s largest economy will always be of deep continental signifi...

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8 hours ago I’m a climate scientist and my house in LA burned down. My work has never been more real

I feel like I am safe in saying that we are not thriving on our changing planet – and we will not in the coming decadesMy house in Altadena burned down in the wildfires on Wednesday. It all happened quickly. On Tuesday around 7pm, my wife and daughters went to a hotel as a precaution. I left the house with the dogs when the mandatory evacuation order came in around 3am. As best as I can put the timeline together, our home burned down around the same time that the sun came up, and I was able to drive in and see the damage around 2pm.Neighbors that went in after said it looked like a “war zone”. I have never been in a war zone thankfully, but I didn’t think so. There was nothing violent or chaotic about it. No one stopped me from driving in. There were no sirens. I stood alone – no one else around – in front of my house that was at that point just a fireplace and chimney. The house across the street was about halfway done with burning down, and the house behind ours had just started t...

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8 hours ago AI predicts what shopping at Tesco in 2050 would look like and it's very sci

EXCLUSIVE: The shopping experience at Tesco could be a very different one in just 25 years time, as artificial intelligence has come up with some wild and radical ideas for Brits to contend with

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21 hours ago Man City next six fixtures compared to Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea after dramatic Premier League night

Manchester City drew 2-2 with Brentford in the Premier League on Tuesday night

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73 minutes ago Dog owner to get compensation after he and his Collie were attacked by vicious XL bully

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard the XL bully called Kilo was shot dead by police during the incident on February 18 last year.

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5 hours ago Leo Woodall is totally transformed in trailer for Apple TV+’s twisty new conspiracy thriller

Netflix star Leo Woodall is set to lead the cast of upcoming AppleTV+ series Prime Target, a conspiracy thriller that sees the actor in a very different role to Dexter Mayhew.

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27 hours ago Is depression caused by your ancestry? New study links genetics to mental health

New genetic risk factors for depression have been discovered by scientists across all major populations.

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1 hour ago There are positives – Reece James upbeat despite Chelsea’s winless run extending

Enzo Maresca’s side are now five games without a win in the Premier League despite their captain’s dramatic late intervention at Stamford Bridge.

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24 hours ago Family of dog walker in hit and run issue statement and say both are 'incredibly lucky to be alive'

They said Jackie Davies, 63, was helped at the scene not just by the emergency services, but also local residents and nurses from a nearby nursing home and blood donors

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30 hours ago The play that changed my life: ‘Sarcophagus dealt with Chornobyl as a symptom of corruption in Russia’

Vladimir Gubarev’s tragic satire about the response to the nuclear disaster transfixed audiences and showed the absolute necessity of theatreI was pregnant when the terrifying radiation clouds came over Europe after the Chornobyl disaster. My interest was much greater as a result. I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company as a director at the time, and they had asked me to find a contemporary play for the next London season in 1987. By coincidence, I got a phone call from Michael Glenny, the translator. He had come across this play being done in Russia. Most of its regional theatres had ensemble troupes and they were all doing it. Vladimir Gubarev was the science editor of the newspaper Pravda and was one of the first journalists to step inside Chornobyl and witness what had happened. He was so horrified that he didn’t want to just write journalism. He’d never written a play before, but he went away to his dacha and wrote Sarcophagus. It dealt with what happened at the plant, but also ...

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1 hour ago Mother may not have told police her husband was sexually abusing her 12

The husband is currently on trial after being convicted of rape, sexual assaults and ill-treatment of the girl - his step-daughter - over the course of several years.

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6 hours ago Martin Lewis posts seriously rude TV moment that was cut from Channel 4 show

Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis has amassed a huge social media following by posting consumer content – but his latest post was a little different, and very cheeky indeed

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30 hours ago Cold radiators will 'heat up fast' in 20 minutes with engineer's 'easy' fix

If your radiator is not heating up properly then your home will be less warm and you will be losing money through wasted energy, so it's important to act on the signs.

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2 hours ago For the first time in 35 years, I’m having to use a pen and paper. Help! | Adrian Chiles

To think, until nearly the end of the last century, everyone had to write like thisI have come away without a laptop so, for the first time in 35 years, I have been forced to write something using pen and paper. My last attempt, for my finals at university rather than an online column, didn’t go well. I thought I was going to get a first and was bitterly disappointed with a 2:2. The problem may have been that the examiners were unable to read my handwriting. It may also have been the case that my answers weren’t very good.Writing in ink – be it using a pen or a typewriter – turns out to be shockingly different from writing on a computer. For a start, you can’t write down any old tosh with the intention of sorting it out later. Well, I suppose you could, but it would be tricky, with all sorts of crossings-out and stuff. So, alarmingly, you have to apply some thought to the matter. You have to think through the next sentence, from beginning to end, before you put pen to paper, and als...

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29 hours ago Best house plants for each room of your house to clean the air and aid sleep

Different houseplants thrive in different rooms of the house - and some can even aid sleep

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2 hours ago Depression risk identified in largest and most diverse genetic study ever

The study is the first of its kind to pinpoint genes for depression across many ethnicities

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3 hours ago Football Daily | Hair pulls, wobbles and Pep talks on another wild night in the Premier League

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Oof. Eek! Yikes. Woof! Tuesday’s final score sheet might show three draws and West Ham edging a mid-table battle, but this was another white-hot night of Premier League action. There were great goals, brilliant saves, hair pulls, late wobbles, Pep talks and some of the worst defending seen in the Barclays multiverse. Where to start? Well, why not at the Potterdome, where the Hammers rediscovered the concept of pressing after the fatally languid Julen Lopetegui era. The result was two goals gleaned from errant Fulham passes at the back, a platform the hosts clung on to as Fulham fought back, recording 21 shots to West Ham’s four but losing the game 3-2. “The best team didn’t win, but we have to be strong at both ends. We gave West Ham two goals,” fumed Marco Silva afterwards.A doctor doesn’t differentiate when a patient is coming from a different city. A lawyer doesn’t, either. If you like, I’m Dr Football. I love helping wherever I ...

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34 hours ago Healthy coffee, brain food and adaptogenic beer: do functional foods really work?

Healthy eating is no longer just a few more salads and a few less sweets. Now you can decrease inflammation by drinking olive oil water, and buy ‘brain food’ in Marks & Spencer. Can they really make a difference, asks Giulia Crouch?

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4 hours ago Dog attack horror as boy, 8, 'maliciously mauled' to death by two loose animals

Michael Millett, 8, who was riding his bike, had stopped to pet the loose dogs when he was violently attacked on Monday evening near Deland, Florida, according to police

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3 hours ago The moon looks different in other parts of the world – there's a good reason why

People are only just realising the baffling reason the moon looks different depending on where in the world you are – and there's a scientific explanation for the discrepancy

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4 hours ago Police helicopter and dogs used in hunt for man missing after major Scottish car crash

Police are hunting for the 26-year-old man following the two-vehicle crash

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4 hours ago Ancient DNA suggests women were at the heart of social networks in Celtic society in Britain

Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery in southern Britain shows that women were closely related while unrelated men tended to come into the community from elsewhere, likely after marriage

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4 hours ago Family speaks out after boy, 8, is mauled to death by dogs he tried to pet: ‘We can’t get him back’

The Volusia County Sheriff said that law enforcement’s goal was to destroy the dogs and bring charges against the animals’ owner

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5 hours ago Airdrie Action Partnership thanks people and businesses for Christmas appeal support

Latest campaign saw overwhelming outpouring of support, enabling the partnership to make a big difference for vulnerable families across Airdrie and nearby villages.

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7 hours ago Scots residents and their pups urged to put their best paw forward to help Morocco World Cup cull dogs

Scots humans and dogs are being urged to get out for a very special sponsored walk, to help the World Cup dogs of Morocco.

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6 hours ago Man Utd transfer news: Viktor Gyokeres 'preferred destination' as Ruben Amorim eyes coup

Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim will be the difference-maker in Viktor Gyokeres' inevitable move to the Premier League says former top-flight striker Glenn Murray

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7 hours ago Eight dogs savage girl, 11, who cried 'Mummy am I going to die?' in farm visit horror

The pack of eight Labradors attacked the woman and girl in two separate incidents that left both victims with wounds across their bodies some of which will be with them for the rest of their lives

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6 hours ago Rangers loan kid 'buzzing' after marking Livingston home debut with winning goal

Robbie Fraser's strike on the hour mark was the difference as the Lions defeated Airdrie

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9 hours ago Urgent warning issued over dog chew toy that can cause ‘werewolf syndrome'

The Food Standards Agency said the chews can cause alarming symptoms, such as howling and aggressive behaviour, and can be fatal

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6 hours ago The Yorkshire Vet star feared he 'ended a couple's marriage' after finding item inside dog

Julian Norton has become a household name thanks to his role on The Yorkshire Vet - and the animal lover has detailed some of his most bizarre cases in a new column

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10 hours ago Jayden Daniels is perfectly suited to give the No 1 seed Lions a nasty shock

The quarterback may be a rookie but he doesn’t play like one. And his skillset could well help the Commanders spring a surprise in Detroit on SaturdayThere’s a legitimate argument to be made that if you’re a rookie NFL quarterback, and your team makes the playoffs, you are no longer a rookie. By your first postseason game, your opponent has a full season of your game tape and tendencies, you’re playing with more on the line, and the experience is completely different in both importance and intensity.In the case of the Washington Commanders’ Jayden Daniels, we may have to forward that point a bit. Because Daniels, the second overall pick in the 2024 draft, rarely looked like a rookie when he was. In the regular season, he completed 69.0% of his passes for 3,568 yards, 25 touchdowns, nine interceptions, and a passer rating of 100.1, which ranked 10th among regular starting quarterbacks. Add in Daniels’ 148 rushing attempts for 891 yards (6.0 yards per carry) and six touchdowns, and it...

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6 hours ago When is The Traitors on? Full season 3 episode guide and broadcast schedule on BBC One

Friday’s dramatic episode ended with a nail-biting cliffhanger, leaving fans in suspense over the fate of two committed contestants after a high-stakes, deadly game of cards

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10 hours ago Paris Hilton steps in to foster dog after Los Angeles wildfires force owners to give her up

Paris Hilton fostered a dog that was displaced after Los Angeles wildfires forced its owners to hand it over to a shelter.

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7 hours ago Top Dog Names 2025: The 10 most popular names for adorable puppies over the last year

If you are looking for a name for your new puppy, we have some ideas for you.

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10 hours ago Tulip Siddiq: Allegations of corruption, a dramatic resignation and still serious questions to answer

Inside a torrid week for the MP for Hampstead

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7 hours ago 'I'm a tattoo artist – these are the areas of the body I will never ink'

A tattoo artist has shared the areas of the body she refuses to work on, for a number of different reasons – and admitted she has one strict rule for strangers that friends getting inked don't have to follow

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7 hours ago Maura Higgins reveals 'promise' she stuck to on I'm A Celebrity as Pete Wicks addresses support in 'different' relationship

Her most recent reality venture saw her head Down Under and join 11 other famous faces in the I'm A Celeb jungle

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20 hours ago Silent Witness killer finally exposed as BBC viewers were all left saying same thing

Silent Witness viewers were left on the edge of their seats as the explosive two-part episode came to a dramatic conclusion as the killer was finally exposed

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7 hours ago I was sent off on my Rangers debut in Celtic humiliation – I wish my time there went differently

Despite a career that included spells with the likes of Arsenal and AC Milan the Swiss international couldn't handle life in Glasgow

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21 hours ago BBC Silent Witness fans all says same thing as they 'solve' murder investigation

BBC Silent Witness viewers were left gobsmacked as the two-part episode came to a dramatic conclusion following a jaw-dropping murder with a

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8 hours ago How to make the perfect smacked cucumbers – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect

This cool, crunchy Sichuan salad, drenched in garlicky dressing and fiery chillies, is now a global favourite. The secret? Make sure you bruise the cucumbers, rather than actually smash themThough I suspect many of us first find ourselves drawn to this Chinese “cold plate” by the faintly surreal overtones of vegetable-based violence suggested by the name (and before you say it, cucumbers are, of course, botanically speaking a fruit), it’s the flavour that keeps us coming back for more. A salad of cool, crunchy fruit bathed in a deeply savoury, garlicky dressing, according to Wei Guo of the Red House Spice blog, Pāi Huáng Guā is to be found on “family dinner tables, in small street cafes and in upscale restaurants” nationwide.Here in the UK, however, it’s particularly associated with Sichuan restaurants, where the cucumbers act as a bracing contrast to the fiery flavours of chilli and hot and numbing Sichuan peppercorns. In fact, there are many different versions regionally, but what...

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22 hours ago Boy, 8, is mauled to death by dogs that were constantly allowed to roam the streets, cops say

The Volusia County Sheriff said that law enforcement’s goal was to destroy the dogs and bring charges against the animals’ owner

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8 hours ago Kate Middleton 'beelines' for 'extra special' therapy dog Scout during emotional visit to hospital where she was treated for cancer

When the Princess of Wales arrived at London 's Royal Marsden Hospital yesterday, she 'beelined' for the therapy dog, a Pets as Therapy volunteer said.

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23 hours ago Allegations of corruption, a dramatic resignation and still serious questions to answer

We’ve all been there — a much-loved (if rather overbearing) relative is in the neighbourhood and you just have to catch up. That, in her telling, explained Tulip Siddiq’s presence in Moscow in 2013.

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8 hours ago Moment Labour councillor accuses Reform politician of sending photo of his 'private parts' in chaotic public meeting

Labour's Aidan McGurran angrily made the allegation against Reform UK councillor Jaymey McIvor during a dramatic Essex County Council full meeting on January 10.

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23 hours ago Chilling moment serial stalker, 40, follows unsuspecting woman as she walks to work while using a fake Facebook profile to harass multiple women: Creep jailed for four years

David Brudenell, 40, used a fake Facebook profile to stalk and harass seven different women, leaving them 'emotionally distressed'.

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8 hours ago Sex and The City was right! Women form friendships with people who think differently

In Sex and The City, Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda couldn't be more different. Now, a study shows that opposites really do attract when it comes to women forming friendships.

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24 hours ago Dramatic video shows local heroes foil firestarter in LA as string of deadly blazes continue to terrorize California

As the deadly LA wildfires brings the death toll to 24 and destroys peoples lives, ANOTHER arsonist was caught on film this Saturday attempted to light a fire in the Los Feliz neighborhood.

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8 hours ago People are only just realising why the moon looks different in other countries

We all know our planet only has one moon, but eagle-eyed astronomy fans are only just realising that it doesn't look exactly the same to everyone–- as some countries see it completely differently

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25 hours ago ‘Suddenly there was a car of men’: the day Israeli soldiers attacked a refugee camp

Families seek justice after a raid on Balata camp in the West Bank resulted in the death of an 80-year-old woman and another civilianThe ambulance pulls up on a narrow street at the Balata Palestinian refugee camp in Nablus in the West Bank, seemingly no different from one of the many emergency vehicles that drive in the area every day. But then five armed Israeli soldiers emerge from the vehicle, going on to take part in a raid that results in the death of two civilians, including an 80-year-old woman, in an incident that Israel’s army admitted constituted “a serious offence [and] violation of existing orders and procedures”.The Guardian has reviewed video captured by a surveillance camera, spoken with witnesses and a survivor of the military operation, conducted by the IDF on 19 December 2024 using a hospital vehicle with Palestinian licence plates. It was described by rights groups as a “flagrant violation” of international humanitarian law, which prohibits the use of medical veh...

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